Paysite Review

Site Details:

Introduction:

Naked Sword is well known in the world of gay porn. It’s an AEBN site, so it is solid, reliable, not going to fade away and constantly looked after and maintained. It’s also well priced for what it offers, and you can take a trial membership if you like, although access there then may be limited. It’s basically a huge DVD theatre with contributions from some of the top studios in the world, as well as from some of the smaller, lesser known ones. It has some of its own exclusive content as well, and it ensures that you get variety. You can sign up for a monthly membership or use the pay as you go feature. You won’t find any extras or bonus sites attached but then again you don’t really need them.

Main idea:

So we are looking at another DVD theatre are we? Well, yes, but one with a difference. What makes this site so popular and long lasting is the variety of content that it holds. One day you might find a classic from the 70’s or 80’s loaded up, and the next you may have the latest release from Titan or Colt. You will find some downloads and plenty of streams, and you can now also find the company’s own on-going sex series. Members get to read background information on scenes and titles, search the site, see the top lists and watch the most popular scenes. It’s not hugely interactive, but it is a huge site with 15 years’ worth of updates.

Member's area:

You’ve seen the tour so you have more or less seen the members’ area, they are very similar. You will find a home page showing recent additions and a few categories in a list, samples of the most popular titles by studio and a studio list and then, towards the bottom, some ‘follow’ links. But for me the best way to explore the site is via the top menu.

Up there you find links to the most popular movies, ‘The Best of Mason Wyler’ from Next Door Studios was up there when I visited. That’s one way to go though I can only assume they put these titles in the top lists because they have been viewed the most; there is no way for you to actually vote on what you think should be in these lists. Next to this in the menu is Original Content and by that they mean the exclusive scenes made just for this company. Then you come to the Studios list and this is one of the ways I like to find content. You've got 79 studios listed here, from the giants like Bel Ami to the lesser known such as Edward James. There are good box cover shots per title when you go to a studio’s page, but no information about the studio; it would have been nice to find out a bit more about some of these companies.

And then you come to the All Themes area which is where you find the categories, and there were 21 of them in the drop-down list. Select one, find a cover you like the look of, click to see the viewing page and there you have some information about the scene, a model list (linked to other scenes that model appears in), the streaming player, a visual list of scenes and some screen caps, an ‘add to favourites’ function, and suggestions for other scenes. It’s all there, it all works and the members’ area should give you no technical problems.

Content:

We are looking at thousands of titles here; some reviewers have put the estimated total at over a quarter of a million, and these are full titles so they come with runtimes of up to two hours, with various amounts of component scenes. I wasn't actually able to count the content, but you can be assured that you are going to need a very long-term membership to see everything that is here.

Variety is the name of the game at Naked Sword and there is something here to please everyone. I've mentioned some of the studios you can expect to find here, but others include Falcon, Buckshot, Flava Works, Gentleman’s Video and Raging Stallion. If you know your studios then you will know that that lot alone will give you twinks, European boys, hardcore USA studs, bears and hunks and Latinos and ebony. And that is just a few of the studios and their particular genres; there are many more besides.

It’s also very much worth noting that there is exclusive content here with some inventive, on-going series. It’s a bit like watching a TV serial but with lots of hardcore sex. There is the Golden Gate series and the newer Hooker Stories, along with the Private Party series. The quality is great with these exclusives and they are presented in HD. The quality of the other movies varies depending on its age, some are taken from old film reels but generally speaking the quality here is DVD or above. The only downside to this content is that it was mainly stream only. Apparently there are (or were) downloads, but I didn’t see any, and I have read that when a download is possible it is protected.

I think it is safe to say that with this content, whatever you are looking for, from twinks to dads, from black to white, from vanilla to S&M, you are going to find it in here.

Bonus features:

There are no bonus sites.

Cons and pros:

Pros:

A huge collection of gay hardcore DVDs;

A lot of well-known and smaller studios are represented here;

There is good variety in the collection;

There are some exclusive on-going series also included;

A choice of Flash or Silverlight to stream in.

Cons:

The content is mainly streaming only;

Some more information about the studios would be good;

The site is not very interactive.

Conclusion:

It is all about video viewing here and there is so much content to view that you will never need another DVD theatre again, not once you have joined Naked Sword. There are old classics to be viewed alongside right up to date productions, there are many studios giving us different genres of hardcore and there are various categories ensuring that there is something for everyone. It would be good to have hassle free downloads, more of them, but the streams run pretty quickly and the resolution is set to suit most connections. The exclusive scenes are a real draw and so is the update promise of a new DVD every day. If you don’t know exactly what you want but you know you want something horny to watch, then you need a membership to this great site.

Featured comments:

Always one of my favourites. I've had a membership here for years now and it keeps getting bigger and better. Some of the older scenes don’t stand up so well when you play them at full screen, but that is understandable. The rest though are perfect quality and stream really smoothly. It’s a highly recommended site.

The new series, the Hooker Stories is going into be great, can’t wait for more of this top quality and really horny stuff. The guys are perfect, you get to see everything, the stories are even good and well acted. Compared to the exclusives the rest of the DVDs are kind of in the shadow; but the site is still right up there at number one for hardcore and choice.

Perfect for a bookmark; when you’re in the mood for something raunchy you simply open up, log in and see what’s new. There are hours, days, months’ worth of viewing here so you only need this one membership and you’re set for life. Perfect porn in a really easy to use site.